oblivion
英[?'bl?v??n]
美
- n. 遺忘；湮沒；赦免
助記提示
1. 諧音“我把你忘、額把你忘”。
中文詞源
oblivion 遺忘，忘卻
來自拉丁語oblivio,忘記，遺忘，來自oblino,涂抹，抹掉，-v,印歐語詞干。來自ob-,相對，對著的，-lino,涂抹，詞源同liniment,delete,obliterate.比喻用法。
英文詞源
- oblivion (n.)
- late 14c., "state or fact of forgetting," from Old French oblivion (13c.) and directly from Latin oblivionem (nominative oblivio) "forgetfulness; a being forgotten," from oblivisci (past participle oblitus) "forget," originally "even out, smooth over, efface," from ob "over" (see ob-) + root of levis "smooth," from PIE *lei-w-, from root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (see slime (n.)). Meaning "state of being forgotten" is early 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.
- 城市的一整片貧民區被炸為了平地。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He just drank himself into oblivion.
- 他喝得完全不省人事。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He often drinks himself into oblivion.
- 他常常喝酒喝得不省人事。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The ancient civilization fellinto oblivion.
- 古代的文明被遺忘了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Some poems are doomed to oblivion.
- 有些詩注定會被湮滅遺忘.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》